[ad_1] Fifty-one people aged 18 to 55 will participate in the trial of the ChAdOx1 NipahB vaccine, developed by researchers at the University of Oxford’s Pandemic Sciences Institute, the varsity said in a statement. Nipah virus is a devastating disease that can be fatal in around 75 per cent of cases. Outbreaks have occurred in…
[ad_1] In view of the reported cases of the Nipah virus in the province of South India, the National Institute of Health (NIH) has issued an advisory on the instructions of the Federal Minister for Health. So far, no case of Nipah virus has been reported in Pakistan, said the spokesperson of the Ministry of…
[ad_1] The Sindh Health Department has issued an advisory regarding the potential spread of the dangerous “Nipah” virus, which has affected numerous individuals in India. In the advisory, the medical superintendents, directors, and livestock departments have been advised to exercise caution in a letter sent by Sindh’s director of health to hospitals around the province….
[ad_1] The latest Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala is the third such outbreak in the state. The initial Nipah virus outbreak in southern India was first identified in Kozhikode in May 2018 and then again in 2021. According to the World Health Organization, “Nipah virus infection is a zoonotic illness that is transmitted to people from animals,…
[ad_1] Nipah virus can spread by respiratory droplets and has a fatality rate of 40 to 70 per cent, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Director General, Dr Rajiv Bahl, said on Friday. In comparison, Covid has only “2-3 per cent fatality rate”, he said at a press conference here. “Nipah is a zoonotic…
[ad_1] India’s southern state of Kerala shut some schools, offices and public transport, authorities said on Wednesday, as they scrambled to rein in the spread of the rare and deadly brain-damaging Nipah virus that has killed two people. According to Indian media, an adult and a child are still infected in hospital, and more than…
[ad_1] The reported ‘unnatural’ deaths of two people in Kerala’s Kozhikode district have sent alarm bells ringing in the state. According to news agency PTI, relatives of one of the deceased have been admitted to the intensive care unit, Kerala health minister Veena George said. Nipah virus infection is basically a zoonotic disease and can be…
